DA in KwaZulu-Natal asks court to declare ward committee polls unlawful
The DA has hauled the eThekwini Municipality to court in a bid to have ward committee elections held late in 2016 declared unlawful.Typically‚ ward committees are made up of representatives of a particular ward and are chaired by the ward councillor. They are meant to be an institutionalised channel of communication and interaction between communities and municipalities.The DA went to the High Court in Durban on Monday‚ saying it wanted fresh elections. It claimed that the process to elect the committees‚ overseen by the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC)‚ was fraught with irregularities. Among their concerns was that in certain instances the venues where meetings were to be held to nominate committee members, were changed without adequate notice being given.The court bid was adjourned so that the municipality could file opposing papers. DA eThekwini chief whip Sharon Hoosen‚ whose affidavit was contained in papers placed before the court‚ said that the elections were not free and fai...
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